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Stephen Hawking Wants to Ride Virgin Galactic's New Passenger Spaceship
Live Science - 22 Feb 2016 00:17
Famed cosmologist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking revealed the name of the new suborbital craft -- VSS Unity -- during its star-studded unveiling ceremony Friday (Feb. 19) at Virgin's manufacturing facility at ...
Paper skin sensors for environmental monitoring
Science Daily - 21 Feb 2016 23:22
Everyday materials found in the kitchen, such as aluminum foil, sticky note paper, sponges and tape, have been used by a team of electrical engineers to develop a low-cost sensor that can detect external stimuli, includi...
All the Brain-Boosting Goodness of Exercise...in a Pill?
Singularity Hub - 21 Feb 2016 22:00
Lets face it: Love it or hate it, exercise is good for our brains. Feeling stressed? Hit the trails: running boosts the fight-or-flight brain chemical norepinephrine and enhances our body's ability to respond to stress. ...
Most precise measurement of reactor antineutrino spectrum reveals intriguing surprise
EurekAlert! - 21 Feb 2016 09:00
(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) Members of the International Daya Bay Collaboration, who track the production and flavor-shifting behavior of electron antineutrinos generated at a nuclear power complex in Chin...
Paper skin sensors for environmental monitoring
EurekAlert! - 21 Feb 2016 09:00
(King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)) Everyday materials found in the kitchen, such as aluminum foil, sticky note paper, sponges and tape, have been used by a team of electrical engineers from KAUST ...